What is recorded here
Oxenfoord Castle and its middle gate-lodge stand in Midlothian, Scotland, though no date or owner is written on them. The gates and lodge may have marked a boundary between fields, families or fates, but that much is not known. They still belong to the land, not to display.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Oxenfoord Castle, Middle Gate-lodge and Gates as Gate(s) (period Unassigned), Gate Lodge (period Unassigned). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Oxenfoord Castle was built in the 14th century by the Crichton family, a powerful noble family in southeast Scotland, and later held by the Hume family. It is remembered for its strategic position near the River Tyne and its association with historical conflicts, including the Wars of Scottish Independence.
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